Excavation contractors · Ohio

Zemba Bros., Inc.

Zanesville, OH · ~81 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Zemba Bros., Inc. runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Zemba Bros., Inc.: 1.4 TCR = 51% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zemba Bros., Inc. safety composite

Zemba Bros., Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−3.0

2016→2024

Zemba Bros., Inc. injury rate improved

Zemba Bros., Inc.'s TCR fell 3.0 from 3.8 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.8 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=2.5 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Zanesville, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.4 · 51% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #29/63
  • PHOTO Grady & Sons Excavat…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grady & Sons Excavation, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zemba Bros., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Zemba Bros., Inc. averages 1.4 TCR (51% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Zemba Bros., Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=2.5 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Zemba Bros., Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 63 Excavation contractors employers in Ohio.

Zemba Bros., Inc. (81 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Zemba Bros., Inc.
Zemba Bros., Inc. (81 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Zemba Bros., Inc. has more employees than the Excavation contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.8 0.0 1 0 1
2023 1.6 1.6 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 2.5 0.0 2 0 0
2018 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.8 1.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · OH · Zanesville

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 139 employers in Zanesville, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Grady & Sons Excavation, LLC 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lester Contracting, Inc 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR James Construction 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unified Construction Group, LLC 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE A-1 Egg Farm 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ohio's Electric Cooperatives 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zanesville Service Center 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Combs Interior Specialties, Inc. 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Genesis HealthCare Systems 3,395 FTE
CITY-NEAR Genesis HealthCare System 3,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zanesville DC 833 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0047-HES Zanesville 676 FTE
NAT-TCR FUJIFILM Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Corning 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Division of Flood Management 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR James Construction 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Phillips-Medisize, LLC - Metal Injection Molding 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mr. S Leather Co., Inc. 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE North American Fire Hose Corp 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Catherine Kolnaski School 81 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.